Sound Off, Feb. 5, 2013

Monday, February 4, 2013

Only in Connecticut can we have people murdered by a mentally deranged person and the fix becomes putting 2,899 people out of work and making thousands of families with children homeless.... Only in Connecticut!

Meanwhile our Governor is proposing borrowing another 10 million dollars to loan to a couple of companies promising a few hundred jobs after which we forgive those loans and place the burden on the taxpayer to pay them off.

I can't get a for sale sign in on my house fast enough!

Hello: How about everyone take a break (for one day) from Obama, gun control, roads etc, etc.

The highlight of the Super Bowl for me was the amazing choir from Sandy Hook School and their rendition of 'America the Beautiful.'

Congrats to the members of the Torrington Knights of Columbus for sponsoring the upcoming pasta dinner benefit honoring the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

I'm proud to be a member of such a giving and caring group of men and women.

Let's all get out and do our own small part to support this great benefit. Great food and friends.

Saturday, Feb. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m.

To the person who wrote that Obama has not created any jobs.

The president does not create jobs. Business creates jobs! Right? I mean I wish you Republicans would get this straight. Congress holds the purse strings. Who is in power of the Congress? Please learn the functions of government before you shoot your mouth off. I understand your frustration with no work believe me.

Congress wants to hold the line on spending and will not approve the jobs bills that Obama put forward. It takes money to make money But the banks are holding onto Billions of dollars that is not theirs. And if you can not get any money you can not make anything happen. You can not work within the system.

Call all those Republican Congressmen and women and tell them get things moving or else. Da!

The White House has unleashed a new PR stunt by releasing a photo of Obama shooting a deadly Browning 12 Gauge shotgun. Obama has been long known for his use of stage props and gimmicks, but the campaign is a little unclear as to why he posed for this PR photo. Some have suggested that Obama is using the Constitution and Bill of Rights for target practice while others insist he loves the smell of gunpowder in the morning. The debate continues to rage while Barack cleans his gun and reloads to really shred the Constitution .

It may come as a shock to those not paying attention but the Internal Revenue Service has issued a report Wednesday in which it estimated that under Obamacare, the least expensive health insurance plan available to a family in 2016 would cost $20,000 annually according to CNSNews.com.

Under Obamacare, all U.S. citizens are required to have health insurance, either through their employer or by purchasing it directly from the government.

The IRS's $20,000 per family assumption applies to a family of four or five accepting the bronze plan, which of the four types of health care plans offered by the government is the most affordable and has the fewest benefits. The $20,000 a year additional cost of family insurance is a bit at odds with the Obama statement in 2009, that there would be a savings of $2,500 per year.